Truck for forming and depositing shocks.



G. MARSHALLy TRUCK FOM FORMING AND DBPOSTNG SI'OWS.

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TRUCK FOR PORMING AND DEPOSITING SHOCKS.

APPLICATION Hmm) Arum, 1913.

l l. Pabanted Spt. 23, 1913.

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G. MARSHALL.

TRUCK POR Yom/UNG AND DBPOSIMNG SHOGKS.

APYLICATION I'ILIID APR. 1l., 1

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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s v1 ci w/ n Wed@ vide the platform with forwardly GEORGE MARSHALL, 0F FEEMONT, NEBRASKA.

'TRUCK FDR FORLHNG AND DEPOSITING SHOCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

Application led April 11, 1913. vSerial No. 760,383.

To all 'whom @'15 may conce-rn:

Be it known that l, Grenen Millennia., a. citizen of 'the United States, residing in `lllremont, in the county of .Dodge and State of Nebraska, have invented certain 4new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Forming and- Depositing Shocks, of which the followingis a specifi-cation.

The object `of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive truck equipped with means for expeditiously forming shocks and depositi them in an upright position on the` rounrfas fast as the grain is cut by the bin er which precedes it.

Afurther object of my invention is to provide means for bending some of the cap sheaves of the shock to a proper shape for topping orcompleting 'the cap for the shock.

n carrymg out my invention I provide a truck of suitable construction and to the body of the truck I hinge al platform on which the shocks or bundles of grain are delivered. This 'platform is provided on opposite sides with uprights or posts to hold the bundles against sidewise movement and at its rear end the platform is provided with perpendicular rods against which the butt ends of the sheaves are placed and -Which hold the sheaves in ,place while the shock lis being formed and while being dumped. The front end of the platform is provided with hooks which detachably conneet with the front of the 'truck body and it is alsoprovided with .laterally projecting' handles by means of which it can be swung on its hinge.

In order to bend some of the sheaves for use in forming the cap of the shock, -I prorojecting rods which coperate with stanc ards` or supports on which sheaves are placed, the arrangement being such that when the platform is dumped or is turned upwardly, sheaves may be placed on said supports and then by turning the platform forwardly the rods before mentioned will engage the sheaves 'on .opposite sides of the supports and bend them to the desired extent.

A number -ofsheaves are deposited gn the platform over a binding rope which 1s lald on the platform and which is rovided at one end with a pulley to facilitate in the binding operation. After a sutlicien't number of sheaves is thus de osited to form av shock, the rope 'is 'tightene and Vsecured and remains on the shock. The front end 'o' the bod-y of the truck is provided with holders for additional ropes and holders are also` provided for holding cords or ropes for securing' the cap sheaves.

In the.accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a side elevation of a shocking truck embody-ing my improvements with a shock thereon ready to be dumped. F ig. 9 is a similar View showing),r the position of the platform after it has been turned to deposit the shock on the ground. Fig. is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of part .of the mechanism. Figs. 4 and 5 are diagrammatic views illustrating how two sheaves may be supported and bent to glvc them form for completing the cap. Fig. 6

is a detail view illustrating the devices for bending the sheaves. Fig-s. 7 to 19. inclusive illustrate how the cap sheaves are applied to the shock. Fig. 7 shows a shock with three cap sheaves thereon looking at the ends of the cap sheaves. Fig. 8 is a similar View looking at the sides of the cap sheaves. Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate how six additional cap sheaves are applied to the three first mentioned. Figs. 11 and l2 illustrate how the bent cap sheaves are applied above the nine sheaves before mentioned and how they are secured in place.

The truck comprises a body .A and four wheels B and may be of any suitable construction. 'lt is equipped with a brake C operated by suitable mechanism C of `ordinary coi'istruction. The shock platform D is hinged at (Z to the rear end of thc truck body and is normally in the position shown in Fig'. l. it its front end the platform is provided with legs D' which support it and normally hold the platform slightly inclined. These legs D are each provided with a hook D2 engaging an eye d on the body A. When the hooks are unfastened the weight of the shock turns the platform to the position shown in Fig. 2 and dumps the shock. The uprighls or standards G on opposite sides of the platform serve to confine the sheaves while the shock is being' formed and the rods R, which are perpendicular' to the platform serve to insure an even butt end to the shock and hold it in place while being dumped. An additional number' of posts G vmay be employed when required and they may be detachably connected to the plat-y form in any suitable manner, as shown their lower ends enter straps g-appliecl-1tothe side edges lof the platform. lThe binding rope H .has one end attached to a pulley-carrying rear of the standards Gr before the sheaves are deposited. After a sufficient number of sheaves have been placedt on the platfo-rm over the rope` the latter is drawn around the shock, as indicated in Fig. 3, and passed over the pulley 71, carried by the frame L and then tightened and secured.

K indicates a block provided with grooves 7a to receive the rope and prevent it from slipping longitudinally on the platform while the shock is being formed. After the shock is bound by the binding rope, the at'- tendants take hold of the handles L and' turn the platform on its hinge until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 2, the rods R then assuming a horizontal position when resting on the ground. If the track now be moved forward, the rods R will slip from under the shock and leave it standing. After this the cap sheaves are applied and this is done in a novel way.

On the front part of the body A I erect two standards P which have enlarged upper ends or heads p which are curved to receive the sheaves. These standards and vheads cooperate with rods S which extend forwardly shock. In order to form this cap, after the shock X is bound and delivered, I first place on top of 4the shock three sheaves V, as

shown in Figs. 7 and 8. 0n top of these I pl ce sixtsheaves V, as shown in Figs. 9 and l() a on top of these sheaves V three bent sheaves V2, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12. I then tie the cap to the rope Hby cords or ropes H, three cords H preferably being employed, as indicated in Figs. 11 and 12. This completes the shock with its cap sheaves which I find to be most secure and to well stand the'weather. In order to bend the sheaves V2 I employ the bending devices P, j) and S, before referred to. After the shock has been dumped and when the platform D is in the elevated position shown in Fig. f2, the attendants may place on the heads 79 of the standards P two sheaves V2, as indicated in Fig. 4. It will be observed that two sheaves are operated on at the same time and each sheaf is placed cent-rally in a head 79, then the attendants take hold of the posts G and the handles L and lower the platform. The rods S will engage the sheaves in the manner shown'in Fig. 4: and as the platform is further depressed the sheaves will be bent in the manner indicated in Fig. 5. The sheaves will recover or straighten out to some extent but'will-still be considerably bent to about the condition shown in Figs, 11. and l2 and in this condition they may be applied on top of the sheaves V to complete the shock. Preferably I employ two pieces of harness leather S. 'Ihese are placed over the sheaves V2 when they are onthe standards P and before the platform is turned downward. 'Ihey protect the sheaves and prevent the grain from being threshed out. As soon as the bending operation is completed the harness leather may be removed and the sheaves taken out `and placed on the shock.`

N, N, N indicate racks on which additional binding ropes and ropes for applying the cap sheaves may be stored. The mechanism for forming and depositing the shocks is extremely simple and inexpensive and yet experience has demonstrated that a single shocking ytruck of this description with'. two attendants may keep up with a binder of the usual kind and the shocks may be very easily a standard rising from the body for sup' porting a sheaf, and rods V)rojecting from the platform and exten ing forwardly therefrom on opposite sides of the standard, the organization being such that when the platform is raised a sheaf may be placed on the standard and when the platform is lowered the rods carried thereby engage the sheaf on opposite sides of the standard and bend it. y

2, A shocking truck, comprising a body, a platform hinged intermediate its front' and rear ends to the rear end of the body, a

standard rising from the body infront ofl said platform` and provided with l an enlarged upper end to receive a sheaf, and rods secured to and extending forwardly from the platform on opposite sides of said standard and which move with said platform and assume a position above the standard to permit a sheaf to be placed on said standard and which descend with said platform and bend the sheaf, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I, have hereuntov Rame.

subscribed my l GEORGE MARSHALL.

Vitnesses:

S. S. SIDNER,

IV. J. .CoUR'rRGHn 

